Born to kvetch : Yiddish language and culture in all its moods /
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| Author / Creator: | Wex, Michael, 1954- |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : St. Martin's Press, 2005. |
| Description: | xiii, 303 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Yiddish language -- History. Yiddish language -- Social aspects. Yiddish wit and humor. Jews -- Civilization. Jews -- Civilization. Yiddish language. Yiddish language -- Social aspects. Yiddish wit and humor. History. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5728907 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Born to kvetch : |b Yiddish language and culture in all its moods / |c Michael Wex. |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g 1. |t Kvetch Que C'Est? : the origins of Yiddish -- |g 2. |t Six feet under, baking bagels : Yiddish in action -- |g 3. |t Something else to kvetch about : Yiddish dialects -- |g 4. |t Pigs, poultry, and pampers : the religious roots of Yiddish -- |g 5. |t Discouraging words : Yiddish and the forces of darkness -- |g 6. |t You should grow like an onion : the Yiddish curse -- |g 7. |t If it wasn't for bad luck : Mazl, misery, and money -- |g 8. |t "Bupkes means a lot of nothing" : Yiddish and nature -- |g 9. |t Making a tsimmes : food - kosher and treyf -- |g 10. |t A slap in the tukhes and hello : Yiddish life from birth to bar mitzvah -- |g 11. |t More difficult than splitting the Red Sea : courtship and marriage -- |g 12. |t The good for the goyim : sex in Yiddish -- |g 13. |t It should happen to you : death in Yiddish. |
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